Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy
Italy: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day was 1.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy, 1977–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy stood at 1.0%.
That represents a change of up 38.6% on the previous year and down 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy peaked at 2.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1982.
Italy ranks 76th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1.0% | — |
| 1978 | 1.1% | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 0.9% | -18.2% |
| 1980 | 0.5% | -44.4% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -60.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4% | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 1.3% | +116.7% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | -84.6% |
| 1991 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 1.9% | +533.3% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -47.4% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | +120.0% |
| 2000 | 1.6% | -27.3% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -40.8% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | -16.4% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +24.6% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | +39.3% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | -11.9% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -40.4% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -22.8% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +38.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.6%, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +533.3% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 3 |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More reference data data for Italy
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.927 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 8.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 8.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.21 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 6.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 41.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 5.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day in Italy was 1.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1982.
- How does Italy rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day?
- Italy ranks 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $4.20 a day rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $4.20 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $4.20 per day.